As the playoffs become a more and more distant hope, it only makes sense to speculate on the pros and cons of trading veteran players for future assets and to turn the roster over to the prospects. Yesterday, The Athletic shared the latest iteration of their trade board, and it had five players from the St. Louis Blues on it. We've already broken down where captain Brayden Schenn could wind up, and now we're going to look at one name that didn't make the big trade board: Colton Parayko.
While Parayko is an experienced veteran defenseman who was named to the Team Canada Olympic roster, there's one massive hurdle in the way of a simple trade: his contract.